Tampa's franchise burrito business is getting stuffed like a bulging tortilla. ...more

November 12, 2009

The Nebraska Cafeteria is the second stop on our third edition of the Tampa Underbelly Tour, during which a group of friends and I eat at as many off-the-beaten-path places as we can endure during an entire afternoon. ...more

September 17, 2008

In 2006 and 2007, I suggested that our 'hurricane' insurance crisis is beyond the ability of the private market. ...more

August 1, 2008

Remember diners with a personal jukebox on every table? Nina O's Grill and Bar, which is opening this month at 4502 S. Dale Mabry Highway, will offer a speaker on each table, letting you dial into the audio from any of the sporting events showing on 11 plasma televisions. ...more

June 18, 2008

Before he was a journalist, Tim Russert, who died suddenly Friday, was a pol. In both incarnations, he was a pro's pro. Throughout, he was an awfully good guy. ...more

June 17, 2008

A quick look at some of the previous incarnations of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series shows how the video game series has changed in the past 10 years. ...more

May 9, 2008

Tampa continues to be the focus of an international game of Internet whack-a-mole between jihadists who put up Web sites and organizations and individuals who try to shut them down. ...more

February 21, 2008

For the third time in a month, Sarasota-based private investigator Bill Warner has tracked to a Tampa hosting company what he considers a significant Web site used by jihadists for communications, recruitment and fundraising. The company is based in the same building as the United States attorney's office. ...more

February 21, 2008

Leo McNellis is not a sports demagogue; he just plays one on the Internet. By day, he's a chemistry teacher at Washington High in South Bend, Ind., and an avowed Cubs fan. Yet, when McNellis, 41, became fed up with what he perceived was a lack of voice being given to baseball fans in the conversation about the abuse of performance enhancing drugs, he decided to act by founding the Web site, fanstrike.net. ...more

February 13, 2008

A track on Magadog's new album is titled 'The Seven Year Itch.' It's something the Tampa ska band seems to have experienced itself. ...more

September 21, 2007